It can take climbers a few years to really start putting out large climbing canes - before that they put out much smaller canes. What I would do with a new one is let it alone for at least 2-3 years, until it suddenly puts out a fat big cane that shoots out 8-10 feet or more. THAT is the cane I would then (after letting it grow to its full length) train the way you have read about "how to train climbers". The smaller canes these roses put out in the beginning should be left alone, so that the rose can eventually get up the energy to send out its mature climbing canes. You will know the difference - the real climbing canes are startlingly different than what the bush does at the beginning.

Jackie

Jackie

Thanks so much. That is great info, so leave it all alone for a year or two, no training of pruning until I see the real big canes. Last summer I thought there was one that appeared but it only got 4 feet or so, I'll see what happens this summer.

thanks again!
weebay

Yes. The true climbing canes will be produced from the base. Growth from the pruned canes will be relatively shrubby. After you have some climbing canes you can remove some of the pruned canes at the base if it is too bushy.